debone

verb

de·bone (ˌ)dē-ˈbōn

deboned; deboning; debones

transitive verb

: bone

debone a roast

deboner noun

Examples of debone in a Sentence

Have the butcher debone the lamb for you.

Recent Examples on the Web Things aren’t looking great for Soo or Savannah, who slices her hand open while deboning the fish, injuring herself badly enough that she’s totally thrown off from her cooking groove. —

Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 May 2024 On July 14, 2023, Duvan Robert Tomas Perez, a 16-year-old migrant from Guatemala, was killed while cleaning a chicken deboning machine at Mar-Jac’s plant in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, according to a wrongful death lawsuit, McClatchy News previously reported. —

Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024 Advertisement Investigators discovered children deboning poultry at the plant after visiting the facility in the city of Irwindale on Mar. 20 for a civil search warrant, the lawsuit said. —

Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024 The Times' account included details of a 14-year-old boy who was maimed while cleaning a conveyor belt in a deboning area at a Perdue slaughterhouse in rural Virginia. —

Kate Gibson, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for debone

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